‘Power of prayer’ behind passage of U.S. aid to Ukraine bill, say Ukrainian Catholics April 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S. are breathing a sigh of relief and prayers of gratitude, after a bill for aid to Ukraine cleared the House of Representatives following months of delay, political infighting and even openly anti-Ukrainian sentiment among some lawmakers.
Foreign aid deal passes House after months of negotiations April 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News A bipartisan coalition the U.S. House of Representatives, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., voted April 20 to approve a $95 billion package providing aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and other U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific region, over the objections of some far-right lawmakers who indicated they would attempt to remove Johnson from his role over the deal.
Pope’s representative to U.S. warns of ‘auto-referential’ church April 22, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more “auto-referential” and withdraw itself from the international stage and universal church, Pope Francis’ representative to the United States said.
Faith and peace meet in papal diplomacy, archbishop says April 22, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The pope’s diplomats are men of faith located all over the world to uphold the pope’s positions on international matters, to edify the universal church and to serve the Gospel, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister.
Pope urges brothers working with youth to bring them hope April 22, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Be loving and compassionate fathers to the marginalized, Pope Francis told members of the Brothers of Christian Instruction, commonly known as the La Mennais Brothers.
‘You should care’: Cathedral parishioner is prominent advocate for environmental justice April 22, 2024By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News Megan Weil Latshaw is an expert in environmental justice, working to improve health through changes in the environment. She serves as associate professor and director of the master’s degree programs in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
National Eucharistic Congress promises ‘profound impact’ for families, says family life director April 22, 2024By Natalie Hoefer OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Catholics will come to Indianapolis in the tens of thousands for the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21 — some as individuals, some as couples, some as groups.
‘Don’t be afraid to take leap’ and consider a call to vocation, nuns tell students April 21, 2024By Michael Short OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News A pair of Sister Servants of the Lord visited St. Jude the Apostle Church in Lewes earlier this year to give the religious education students a look at women in habits. They talked about their call to the vocation, how they live and what it’s like to be a nun.
Cardinal: Vocation is call to happiness; right path is discerned in prayer April 21, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News At its most basic level, a vocation is a call to happiness, said Korean Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for Clergy.
Experts at Rome conference delve into historical abuses of power April 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Experts in history, philosophy, sociology, political science, psychology and education came together at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University April 17-19 to present talks including: the effects of mass violence waged by colonial powers; the misuse of the memory of the Holocaust; sexual predation in the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages; and slave holding by Jesuits in the the United States.
Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop April 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News.
Servant of Mary thankful for every part of her 53 years of ministry as nurse, midwife April 20, 2024By Anna Wilgenbusch OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News Amid her suffering, Sister Joaquína recounted the most memorable birth stories of her ministry.
